Recruitment and consultancy freeze – exceptions approved – December 2012

1. During the month of December 2012, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer.

2. The details are shown below:

| Approval date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/recruitment | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|----------| | 5 December 2012 | 244 RPP | Scoping of new station stewardship measure £36,000 | Consultancy | Approved | | 11 December 2012 | 246 Legal | Fixed term appointment for maternity leave cover – Legal Advisor | Recruitment | Approved | | 13 December 2012 | 245 CO | Grade E 3-month fixed term contract | Recruitment | Approved | | 13 December 2012 | 233b CO | Further extension to web developer contract to 18 January 2013 | Recruitment | Approved | | 13 December 2012 | 247 Legal | Temporary contract – legal support officer | Recruitment | Approved | | 20 December 2012 | 249 RME | Model audit of the ORR PR13 financial model £60,000 | Consultancy | Approved | | 20 December 2012 | 250 RME | Assessment of the robustness of Network Rail’s property income forecasts £36,000 | Consultancy | Approved |

3. The Director of Corporate Operations did not approve any requests for consultancy valued at \<£20,000 during the month.